First day back at work... and a nice box of donuts from my girls!
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My Kool-Aid pickels in progress (Cherry & Grape). Slightly different set-up from instructions below. This is them as soon as they were canned. I have a week to go still. Very exciting.
Kool-Aid Pickles are delicious! Also called Koolickles, they are eaten all over the south, but they are particularly popular in the Mississippi Delta area. Just like one might expect, Kool-Aid Pickles offer a sweet and sour taste sensation. Follow these directions to learn how to make a Kool-Aid Pickle.
Things You'll Need:
1 Gallon Jar of Dill Pickles
1 Package of Unsweetened Kool-Aid (your favorite flavor)
1 lb of plain White Sugar
1 Gallon Container
STEP 1.
The first thing you will need to do in order to make Kool-Aid Pickles, is drain the pickle juice off of the jar of dill pickles and into the empty gallon container.
You can use any kind of dill pickles, but I find that Mt. Olive Pickles are best - they still utilize the classic pickle recipe and it produces a very tart taste instead of the more recently common "cucumber" like taste. Mt. Olive makes a "sour" dill pickle line, but be sure to get the plain old kosher dill pickle jar.
STEP 2.
Add the Kool-Aid and sugar into the pickle juice and mix until the sugar is completely dissolved. Remember, you can use any flavor of Kool-Aid, but cherry (red) and lemon-lime (green) are the most popular Kool-Aid Pickle flavors.
Some people like to cut the pickles length-wise, and some like to leave them whole. You could cut some up and leave some whole the first time you make Kool-Aid Pickles so that you can see which way you prefer them best.
STEP 3.
Finally, you can pour the Kool-Aid Pickle brine (that is what you have made with the Kool-Aid, Sugar, and Pickle Juice) back into your jar of pickles. Make sure that the pickles are completely covered, tighten the jar, and then refrigerate. Your Kool-Aid Pickles will be ready in approximately one week.
Things You'll Need:
1 Gallon Jar of Dill Pickles
1 Package of Unsweetened Kool-Aid (your favorite flavor)
1 lb of plain White Sugar
1 Gallon Container
STEP 1.
The first thing you will need to do in order to make Kool-Aid Pickles, is drain the pickle juice off of the jar of dill pickles and into the empty gallon container.
You can use any kind of dill pickles, but I find that Mt. Olive Pickles are best - they still utilize the classic pickle recipe and it produces a very tart taste instead of the more recently common "cucumber" like taste. Mt. Olive makes a "sour" dill pickle line, but be sure to get the plain old kosher dill pickle jar.
STEP 2.
Add the Kool-Aid and sugar into the pickle juice and mix until the sugar is completely dissolved. Remember, you can use any flavor of Kool-Aid, but cherry (red) and lemon-lime (green) are the most popular Kool-Aid Pickle flavors.
Some people like to cut the pickles length-wise, and some like to leave them whole. You could cut some up and leave some whole the first time you make Kool-Aid Pickles so that you can see which way you prefer them best.
STEP 3.
Finally, you can pour the Kool-Aid Pickle brine (that is what you have made with the Kool-Aid, Sugar, and Pickle Juice) back into your jar of pickles. Make sure that the pickles are completely covered, tighten the jar, and then refrigerate. Your Kool-Aid Pickles will be ready in approximately one week.
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For Those Girls We Kill
Spent the entire day blasting out silkscreens. It took all of 8 hours to clean about 15 screens. I hadn't washed any of them since I printed all the names and accent elements for the Clinton Body Count piece all the way back in November of last year. So the screens were caked in tons of white Plastisol. So, while that really didn't give me much trouble in getting out, it was the emulsion that was a serious issue on a number of them. I finally had to go and get a new head for my pressure washer in order to blow the remaining junk out of the screens. That was the key in the end. Once I had that new head, I was able to make relatively quick work of the remaining screens. I could have done it all in 3-4 hours instead of 8 with the new head... but that's life... that's water pressure for ya.
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So I cleaned all these screens out because - 1. I was tired of them being dirty... and 2. I'm getting ready to print the backings for the Heart donuts set finally and a few other new editions that I'm currently knocking out before end of year. I' also prepping some large scale screens for the large panel pieces I've been finally pulling together as well. Good stuff... looking to wrap up about 60-80 works before the end of the year. A good portion of which have been in development for the past few years. Ready to get these suckers wrapped up and move on to new works finally.
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Also bought a new set of screens because you can never have enough and because I lost (3) of them while cleaning, so they are getting sent off to get re-screened at this place that is down the street from me with 230 yellow mesh. I'll probably buy some more ink when I pick them up as well. I could always use more delicious Plastisol colors in the studio.
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So I cleaned all these screens out because - 1. I was tired of them being dirty... and 2. I'm getting ready to print the backings for the Heart donuts set finally and a few other new editions that I'm currently knocking out before end of year. I' also prepping some large scale screens for the large panel pieces I've been finally pulling together as well. Good stuff... looking to wrap up about 60-80 works before the end of the year. A good portion of which have been in development for the past few years. Ready to get these suckers wrapped up and move on to new works finally.
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Also bought a new set of screens because you can never have enough and because I lost (3) of them while cleaning, so they are getting sent off to get re-screened at this place that is down the street from me with 230 yellow mesh. I'll probably buy some more ink when I pick them up as well. I could always use more delicious Plastisol colors in the studio.
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